Reprodudive charaderistics of the black-tailed brush lizard, Urosaurus nigricaudus (Phrynosomatidae)

 

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Autoři: Romero-Schmidt, Heidi L, Ortega-Rubio, Alfredo, Acevedo-Beltran, Marcos
Médium: artículo original
Stav:Versión publicada
Datum vydání:1999
Popis:The reproductive characteristics of Urosaurus nigricaudus al El Comitán, Baja California Sur, México, were deterrnined through the necropsy of 33 males and 60 females during 1992. The average size of clutch per female was 4.06 ± 1.86 eggs; 3.58 eggs for the first c\utch and 4.75 eggs for the second c\utch. Testicular size exhibíts two peaks, one each in May and August. Female and male reproductive cycles are synchronized. In comparison with other Urosaurus species, U. Nigricaudus is atypical because males have two peaks of testicular mass.
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Instituce:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Jazyk:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:archivo.portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/19317
On-line přístup:https://archivo.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/19317
Klíčové slovo:baja california sur
méxico
black-taíled brush ¡izard
urosaurus nigricaudus
reproduclion